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The Soviet Sisters

A Novel of the Cold War

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From bestselling author of The German Heiress, a gripping new historical novel filled with secrets, lies, and betrayals, following two spy sisters during the Cold War.

"Anika Scott pens a fascinating tale of secrets, surveillance, and sisterhood.... The Soviet Sisters will suck you in to the very last page!" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye

"Electrifying, meticulously researched, and expertly plotted, The Soviet Sisters is at once a Cold War thriller, a gripping spy story, a page-turning mystery, and a familial drama." —Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author

Sisters Vera and Marya were brought up as good Soviets: obedient despite hardships of poverty and tragedy, committed to communist ideals, and loyal to Stalin. Several years after fighting on the Eastern front, both women find themselves deep in the mire of conflicts shaping a new world order in 1947 Berlin. When Marya, an interpreter, gets entangled in Vera's cryptic web of deceit and betrayal, she must make desperate choices to survive—and protect those she loves.

Nine years later, Marya is a prisoner in a Siberian work camp when Vera, a doyenne of the KGB, has cause to reopen her case file and investigate the facts behind her sister's conviction all those years ago in Berlin. As Vera retraces the steps that brought them both to that pivotal moment in 1947, she unravels unexpected truths and discoveries that call into question the very history the Soviets were working hard to cover up.

Epic and intimate, layered and complex, The Soviet Sisters is a gripping story of spies, blackmail, and double, triple bluff. With her dexterous plotting and talent for teasing out moral ambiguity, Anika Scott expertly portrays a story about love, conflicting world views, and loyalty and betrayal between sisters.

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      June 1, 2022
      Sisters Vera and Marya have been haunted by events in 1947 Berlin for nine long years. Marya has spent those grueling years in a gulag in Siberia, serving time for espionage. Vera is a lawyer for the state in Moscow, trying to forget her sister for her own safety and also wondering if she was truly guilty of the crime she was convicted of. Then it's 1956, Stalin's rule has ended, and Vera has found the courage to reopen and investigate the case against her sister. Told from both sisters' points of view, the story weaves from Vera's present to their childhoods to the events of post-WWII Berlin. Scott (The German Heiress, 2020) paints a world of "moving shadows and listening ears," rife with secrets, spies, and forbidden loves. The isolation of Communist Russia from the West, the policing of people's minds and hearts, and the shifting sands of Russia's political landscape play key roles. Fans of Kate Quinn will be sure to enjoy the strong female characters in this historical-fiction spy novel.

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